The role of Strategic Partners
in Strategic Planning
"If we are together nothing is impossible.
If we are divided all will fail."
Winston Churchill
The issue...
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The majority of businesses and organisations have concluded
that they cannot ‘go it alone’. They have discovered
that to survive, they need collaborative relationships in both
their supply and delivery chains.
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These collaborations may be called strategic alliances, partnerships
or strategic relationships. They may be with single partners
or with many. In most cases these relationships are formed in
order to achieve one of three things:
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Develop new business cost effectively (business development)
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Develop new products or services (innovation)
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Reduce costs in supply chains (smartsourcing)
So the questions are:
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"How do we manage the process of selecting and operating
such alliances, successfully?" and
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"How do we develop these these complex relationships
for the overall benefit of all parties?"
Help with this issue... Our service means that...
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You will have a far clearer view of the role and value of these
alliances and partnerships, and of their perspectives, and the
perspective of your customers.
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You can improved the efficiency of the relationships which
can lead to a short term increase in revenue or cost savings.
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You can improved the effectiveness of the relationships leading
to a long term and sustainable increase in innovation and creation
of value.
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You can assess new relationships more quickly and effectively,
thus saving time and money.
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You can be more systematic in your Strategic relationship management
so that your partnering capability has been enhanced.
- You can benchmark yourself against other organisations allowing
you to understand your level of maturity and most appropriate
development steps to take to develop further.
How we help you...
Assignments usually start in one of four ways:
- Helping you decide whether a collaborative solution is suitable
(strategy formulation).
- Helping you decide which partners to choose (partner validation).
- Getting relationships started by initiating new strategic collaborations
(instigation).
- Helping you manage existing key relationships better (implementation)
In summary, helping you to improve everyone's outcomes.
Other External influences
on strategy
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